That doesn't address my question/issue or at the very least explain why i should. If i can't preview it ("animating it") when scrubbing the timeline (as it shows in countless tutorials) it makes doing any kind of adjustments time consuming.

So as it stands: I apply Card Dance. I begin to make adjustments to Rows and Columns. Nothing previews when i scrub through the timeline.

Also: The Card Dance is set to a high contrast Fractal Noise Layer with a text layer above it.